Cuff-button.



W. I. SCOTT.

CUFP BUTTON.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. u, 1914.

1,1 18,816, Patented N0v'.24, 1914.

MMw/bom attozwu THE NURRIS PETERS Co PHOTO'LITHa, WASHINGION. D c.

WALTER ravine soo'rr,` or NEW ORLEANS, LoUI'sI'ANA.

CUFF-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

Application filed January 6, 1914. Serial No. 810,630.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER InviNo Scotr'r, a citizen of `the UnitedStates, residing at New Orleans, in the parishof Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented new and useful improvements in Cuff-Buttons, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cuil' buttons; and it has for its primaryobject the provision of a loss preventing device therefor, which may beelfectually connected with the cuff after the button is in appliedposition.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which will prevent `the loss of the button from the cuffshould the small end of the button bccome accidentally deranged from thebuttonhole in the adjacent part of the cuff.

A further object of the invention is the provision of securing meanswhich may be operated in such manner that it may be con* veniently andexpeditiously applied to or removed from the cuff, as the occasion maydemand, and further, the construction of the securing means which willprevent any undue wear upon the cuil.`

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a losspreventing device for cuff buttons, which when in applied position uponthe cuff, will be concealed from view thereby.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 is a section through a cuil",showing the application of the invention thereto; 2 is a perspectiveview of the device removed from the cufl; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection therethrough.

The button, excepting for the parts forming my loss preventing device,may be of any suitable well known construction and may be brieflydescribed as consisting of a shank 1 having a small head 2 at one endand a large head 3 at its opposite end. The shank 1 is bifurcated in theusual manner, 'as at 4, and the branches 5 thereof are soldered orotherwise secured to the back of the head 3. The latter may be of anysuitable configuration in plan but in the present instance is shown tobe in the form of an oval, and of concavoconvex form.

l/Vith a View to providing a loss preventive device which will notdetract from the appearance of the button and one which will notinterfere with the application of the button through the button-holes ofthe cuff, .I employ a relatively narrow member G fixed or otherwisesuitably mounted at 7 on the shank 1 at a point adjacent to the back ofthe head 2. This member is curved, as at 8, at its upper end, for apurpose to be hereinafter explained.

Adjacent to the end 8, said member is provided with a passage 9, throughwhich extends a Irelatively pointed spur 10 formed upon the end 11 of aspring 12. This spring may be soldered or secured in any other obviousmanner to the shankl at 13 and under the action of the spring the memberl is adapted to be normally positioned so that the spur 10will enter thematerial of the cuii' and thereby hold the shank l against rotation inthe button-hole. By curving the upper end of the member G as abovereferred to, the fingers of the hand may be freely guided thereovcr andproperly brought behind the free terminal, so as to permit the lattertobe released when desired.

In order to prevent accidental relative derangement 0f the two mainmembers of the securing means I provide the member (3 with a loop 14,through which the free end of the spring 12 is extended. The head 3 isprovided in its concavity with a plate 15, which is adapted to receivethe point of the securing member G and thereby prevent the point of themember from being brought into direct contact with the back of the head.

In using the button, the head 2 is first applied to only one of thebutton holes and the shank 1 is adjusted so that the member 6 isarranged between the two folds of the cuff. The user, on manipulatingthe member G, releases the spur of the member from the cuff and thenrotates the shank 1 in the button hole so that the head 2 extends atright angles to the direction of the adjacent button hole. The operatorthen releases the member 11 and under the action of the spring 12, themember is rocked in one direction and the point of the spur is made toslightly penetrate the material and thereby serve as means to positivelyhold the button against rotation. W'hile the device serves to preventthe small head 2 from accidentally working through the adjacent buttonhole, 1t

sol

fil!) also forms a positive lock to secure the button upon one of thefolds of the cuff should the other fold become accidentally7 separatedfrom the member 2. After the head 2 is inserted through one button-holeas described and the loss preventing device connected With the cuff7 thesaid head 2 is then inserted through the other hole inthe opposite foldor portion of the cuff.

F rom the foregoing description, taken in connection With theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation .of the inventionWill be readily understood Without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

claim 1. A cuff button having a yieldable spur mounted thereon adjacentto one of its heads and adapted to be positioned between the folds ofthe cuff and to penetrate the material of the adjacent fold of the cuffto hold the button against rotation in the button holes.

2. A headed cuff button having securing means thereon for holding thebutton against loss from the button holes and comprising an aperturedmember, and a spring bearing against the member and having a spur eX-tending through the aperture therein and in the direction of the head ofthe button.

3. A headed cuff Vbutton having securing means thereon for holding thebutton against loss from the button holes and comprising an aperturedmember, a spring bearing against the member and having a spur eX-tending through the aperture therein and in Vthe direction of the headof the button7 and means for holding the spur againstentire withdrawalfrom the aperture.

4:. A. *headedl cuff button having securing means thereon for holdingthe button againstloss from the but-ton holes and comprising anapertured member, `a spring bearing against the member and having a spureX- tending through the aperture therein and in the direotion'of thehead of the button, and a loop portion formed on the member andreceiving the spring and operating to hold the latter and the memberagainst accidental separation.

5. A headed cuff bntton having securing means thereon for holding thebutton against loss from the button holes and comprising an apertn'redmember, a spring bearing against the member and having a spur eX-tending through the aperture therein and in the direction of thehead ofthe button, the free end of the member being curved to provide amanipulating surface for engage ment of the linger, whereby pressure maybe ,applied in a manner to move the spur to a released position.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

VALTER RVING SCOTT.

VVit-nesses:

PETER SCOTT, CLEMENT CLARENCE Soo'r'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

